I wold have rather an undecided here's why:
Economically speaking, bad plan, its what Bush did. And we all see how well that turned out (or rather the open-minded people can see)
Politically speaking, very good plan. He is trying to motivate them to vote Red in the coming years.
Politically sound, Economically sour. In my opinion.
But hey, if they prove me wrong and it works out then I wouldnt be mad, I'd be happy for them
Texas Governor: give excess tax money back to people: Good Plan?
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2013/01/30 02:48:49
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Republican Governor Rick Perry of Texas wants to give back the excess taxes paid by individuals and collected by the government. Democrats want to spend the money or save it for future spending. This put the well-liked Republican at odds with the minority Democrats in the state.
"We've never bought into the notion that if you collect more, you need to spend more," Perry said in his state of the state address, which he delivered to a joint session of the Texas House and Senate.
"I'm not sure what parallel universe Governor Perry is living in," state Representative Naomi Gonzalez, an El Paso Democrat, told reporters. "We are fortunate we have a surplus, but how are we going to spend that money? Now, we heard from the governor that he doesn't want to spend that money, that we're fine, that everything's rosy."
CA.NEWS.YAHOO.COM reports:
"We've never bought into the notion that if you collect more, you need to spend more," Perry said in his state of the state address, which he delivered to a joint session of the Texas House and Senate.
"I'm not sure what parallel universe Governor Perry is living in," state Representative Naomi Gonzalez, an El Paso Democrat, told reporters. "We are fortunate we have a surplus, but how are we going to spend that money? Now, we heard from the governor that he doesn't want to spend that money, that we're fine, that everything's rosy."
CA.NEWS.YAHOO.COM reports:
From Yahoo! News Canada: AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Texas Governor Rick Perry on Tuesday called for returning excess tax money to taxpayers and tapping the state's rainy-day fund for water and transportation infrastructure. Perry, 62, the longest-serving governor in the nation at just over 12 years, touted the success of Texas in creating jobs and luring companies to the state. The Republican called for changing the constitution of the state, the nation's second most populous, to allow the return of tax money to the people who paid it when the state brings in more than needed. ...
Read More: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/texas-governor-excess-tax...
now what money??? would Texas have? other than unused medicaid funds? there's no state tax, the school taxes aren't being used where they should be, because we have the worst test scores in the nation, so i ask again what money???? he's so busy bribing businesses to relocate here, theres no money for the citizens that's not supposed to go elsewhere! fools dreams, led by bigger fools, believed by the biggest fools.
Maybe he should pay back the stimulus money to Uncle Sam that he used to balance his budget in 2009?
Far too many who pay $0.00 believe they are ENTITLED to what does NOT belong to them.
Way to go GOVERNOR RICK PERRY.
The Taxpayers are ENTITLED to THEIR MONEY and not to those like YOU who pay $0.00 but instead believe you are OWED what you didn't work for and earn.
Wise up OLD Man.
Its a wonder Texas hasn't gotten rid of the handful of LIE.beral losers that are still standing on street corners with their hats begging for handouts because they are too lazy to WORK.
Unlike you I am a contributor to society. I am the CEO of my company with 22 branches and in the process of opening up 2 more.
As for Texas? I'm happy that its a Conservative State and doing great thanks to Governor Rick Perry. But like all states they too have their liberal welfare rat riff raff who debts to society like you are. SAD and PATHETIC.
You see you're the epitome of a loser. You call people trash when in fact you're trash. Get a job and stop freeloading off the hard working good people of Texas.
Now run along and get a hair cut, take a bath and go find a job mopping floors or cleaning toilets as that is all you're qualified for.
Bye Now LOL.
NEWSFLASH SPARKY. Their will be NO FREE STUFF.
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Economically speaking, bad plan, its what Bush did. And we all see how well that turned out (or rather the open-minded people can see)
Politically speaking, very good plan. He is trying to motivate them to vote Red in the coming years.
Politically sound, Economically sour. In my opinion.
But hey, if they prove me wrong and it works out then I wouldnt be mad, I'd be happy for them
When 911 happened, we didn't have the money to deal with the problem, we would have if his tax cuts had not been enacted. We wouldn't have had the money to deal with the total economic collapse his other policies lead to, but we could have paid for the wars, even the unessasary and illegal one.
It depends on what they would do with the money otherwise. They could save it for a rainy day or invest it somehow.
Last summer there was major drought. Could they invest in better irrigation, water storage, or ocean water desalination along side other states that need more water? Should we be keeping grain reserves? Sure.
It is an intellectual feat to make an argument for investing in the future and an act of faith to expect people to listen. Not every politician has those qualities.
Many budgets are smoke and mirrors. Any reported surplus now could not so mysteriously dry up in the next cycle.
Funny how in this day and age we have all these people who feel they should be circling the wagons and forming their own frontier outposts. Society has lost cohesion.
Maybe I rambled a bit. People tend to see what they want to.
I think you mistook me for a Republican.
It's not your money anymore, you and I have willfully given the government our money and now it's in their account, to give some of it back is socialism.
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad recently proposed this too. Both he and Perry are right wing longevity governors who love their borshch.
Go SF...
Of course Texas has no individual income tax. so I am assuming we're NOT talking about refunds of tax surplus to individual Texas citizens.
The bigger issue here, and I hope everyone gets it--is this: how can a state with no individual income tax generate a budget surplus?
Texas also limits its regular legislative sessions to be held biannually, thus we help to limit how much damage elected representatives can do. :-)
Since 600 school districts are suing the state, he may need to hold on to that money. Also, since he closed PP and inexpensive contraception is no longer available, it is predicted that there will be 24,000 new lower income births by 2015, all needing WIC. He will need at least a billion there, too.
It's like abortion... Let's end it, and have a million more unwanted bundles of joy added to the welfare roles, year after year after year...